Mets' Terry Collins starting to think ahead to Dodgers playoff series

Manager Terry Collins of the New York Mets looks on from the dugout during the first inning of a game against the Tampa Bay Rays on Aug. 7, 2015 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla. Photo Credit: Getty Images / Brian Blanco

"I think it bothered us a little bit," Collins said. "So we'll answer in our own due time."

Starter Jacob deGrom acknowledged that the incident caught his attention, though he didn't plunk a Marlins batter.

"There wasn't really a time where . . . " deGrom said, before cutting off his own thought. "I know what happened."

Cespedes shot Koehler a cold stare on his jog to first base. Later, as Koehler squared to bunt in the seventh, he watched an Erik Goeddel fastball sail behind his back.

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Alvarez down

The Mets' might have lost yet another option to face lefthanders in the postseason. In the ninth inning, lefty Dario Alvarez hobbled off the mound with a left groin strain. Collins indicated the injury was serious.

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